The season is still fairly new and the Football League table has to be read with caution. So far Kelty Hearts find themselves in 6th position and Dalbeattie Star are placed 14th.
Kelty Hearts and Dalbeattie Star should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kelty Hearts form and stats
The hosts won their first Football League game here at Central Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Kelty Hearts last season were 11 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from 13 games.
A League Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dundee United.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Football League game versus Vale of Leithen in only three days. This game is also played here at Central Park.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kelty Hearts at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Dalbeattie Star form and stats
Dalbeattie Star have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Football League were 2 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats from 12 fixtures. Three has not been a lucky number for Dalbeattie Star as they have been defeated three times in a row since the BSC Glasgow match.
Dalbeattie lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Football League trip to Edusport Academy.
1 goal so far away for Dalbeattie Star, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Hearts wins - draws - Dalbeattie Star wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Kelty Hearts missing players
Dalbeattie Star missing players
| Kelty Hearts | Dalbeattie Star | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Kelty Hearts | Last season | Dalbeattie Star | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 95 | 63 | Scored | S | 14 | 19 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 45 | 68 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 74% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 26% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 35% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 9% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 57% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 146 | 118 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 43 | ||
| 71 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 18 | ||
| 65% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | East Kilbride | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Bo'ness United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | East Stirlingshire | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | BSC Glasgow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Kelty Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Stirling University | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Berwick Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Spartans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Civil Service Strollers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Cumbernauld Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Edusport Academy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Dalbeattie Star | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 15 | Vale of Leithen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 16 | Gretna 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
| 17 | Edinburgh University | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 95 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 78 | 68 |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 48 | 62 |
| 3 | East Stirlingshire | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 48 | 53 |
| 4 | BSC Glasgow | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 37 | 51 |
| 5 | Spartans | 25 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 49 |
| 6 | Civil Service Strollers | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 39 |
| 7 | East Kilbride | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 37 |
| 8 | Edusport Academy | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Cumbernauld Colts | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 33 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Stirling University | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -16 | 31 |
| 11 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 30 | -16 | 27 |
| 12 | Berwick Rangers | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Gretna 2008 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 39 | -41 | 12 |
| 14 | Edinburgh University | 25 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 33 | -48 | 12 |
| 15 | Dalbeattie Star | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 45 | -49 | 11 |
| 16 | Vale of Leithen | 23 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 89 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 54 | -71 | 8 |